SLOCUM AND THE WIDOW KATE

The Widow Kate in this story is not some old, wrinkly woman as Slocum first suspects when he takes the job of escorting her, sight unseen.  She winds up having to use her wiles to “distract” him to keep secret the real purpose of Slocum’s employment. 

Someone once told me that they thought that Martin Cruz Smith, well-known author of “Gorky Park” had written this one but they couldn’t be 100% certain.

BLAZING GUNS

The man who wrote this book, as "Jake Logan", told me that he absolutely HATED the title "Blazing Guns".  Apparently Playboy Press changed titles at their whim and didn't bother to tell their authors about it ahead of time.  So goes the publishing biz, I suppose.

ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE

Another classic in Jake Logan's pioneering Western series.  The woman in the book is absolutely unloveable. 

HANGING JUSTICE

Here's probably the first series of "Adult Westerns" ever to hit the Market.  The John Slocum series started out at Playboy Press and then to Berkely back in the day.